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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1975
Page
5
A dry extended forecast shows no rain expected through Monday with highs in the mid 70s to low 80s and overnight lows in the 50s to upper 60s. Flood stage readings are listed for LaCrosse, Lansing, Dam 9, McGregor, Guttenberg, Dubuque, Davenport and Keokuk with small rises or no changes.
Birth announcements from Mercy and St. Luke's hospitals list new infants with parent addresses in Iowa City Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas. Police court fines detailed for speeding license violations and various infractions. Public notices cover burns alarms and other minor incidents with times and locations.
Irvin Lester Tucker 73 of 1224 Thirteenth Street NW Cedar Rapids and Meth-Wick Manor president of Tucker Manufacturing Co died Thursday. Born Oct 5 1901 in Grand Island Neb he held posts in advertising and sales before starting Rapid Gas Co later building a metal foundry. He invented a house washer and window washer sold worldwide. Survived by wife Iva Mae Colvin son and grandchildren. Services Saturday at St James United Methodist Church. Burial Cedar Memorial.
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Robert Lounsberry asks federal officials to shut Cedar Rapids and Des Moines grain inspection stations over alleged conflicts of interest. Cedar Rapids inspector Gene Polaski disputes the claim, saying no conflict exists in the Cedar Rapids Marion Area Chamber of Commerce Grain Inspection Service board.
The U S Travel Service plans a 90 million dollar program to lure foreign visitors to the United States and an 8 1 million dollar plan to boost domestic travel the legislation was signed by President Ford after earlier vetoes The move aims to support public interests without harming states or private sectors and addresses a large tourism deficit with foreign visitors spending more abroad than Americans.
U S Magistrate James Hodges set bonds at 10000 for three Manly men Thomas Overbeck Joseph Jackson and Timothy Chisholm accused in a June 19 armed robbery of the Garden City Tri County State Bank. They face up to 40 years and 20000 fine each on five count federal indictment. All held on 75000 state bonds.
Ford Motor Co. in Dearborn Michigan announced a 60 cent a share dividend for the third quarter marking the second straight cut from 80 cents and continuing a pattern that began with a 60 cent payout in the second quarter after 80 cents earlier. The move is noted as the first dividend reduction since the 1958 recession.
Linn deputies arrested Gary Lee Stahl, 28, of 906 Owen Street NW, on Sixteenth Avenue SW after a deputy heard a loud noise from his vehicle. Richard Lee Sabins, 34, of West Burlington, was stopped on the Third Avenue bridge for driving a semi rig the wrong way on a one way street. Both remained in the county jail Thursday in lieu of bond. The Want Act number is 398-8234.
The memo cites a reporter's dramatic pain description and a push for vivid sensational stories. Mitchell taunts rivals by comparing to classic lines and mocks rival coverage, noting sharper, more engaging copy than that of Henry Kissinger.
Police report a roof entry at the Drug Town No. 1 pharmacy on Wilson Avenue SW. Two revolvers a .357 magnum and a .38 caliber detective special and unspecified amounts of drugs stamps and coins were stolen from the drug store and its postal station.
William A. Rose, 25, of 507 Longwood Drive NW, was charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver after Linn County deputies found 181 Valium tablets during booking on an intoxication arrest. Bond set at 125 dollars on the intoxication charge and 500 dollars on the drug charge. ON THIS DATE in 1940, during World War II, the Duke of Windsor was appointed governor of the Bahamas.
Cedar Rapids sold its 1963 snorkel fire truck bought for 49 000 to Crookston Minnesota for 50 000. The Crookston crew will visit Cedar Rapids next week to learn the truck's operation and collect it. The city replaced the snorkel with a new 100 foot aerial ladder truck.
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